Comparative Study of Cytomorphological Robinson’s Grading for Breast Carcinoma with Modified Bloom-Richardson Histopathological Grading

Table 1

Cytological features on FNAC grading and histological grading.

	Cytological features on FNAC grading			Cytological features on histological grading
	Grade I	Grade II	Grade III	Grade I	Grade II	Grade III
Cell dissociation
Mostly clusters	2	2		2	18
Single cells and clusters	12	71	20	21	44	15
Mostly single cells	2	2	5	6	1	9
Nuclear size
1-2x RBC	5			7	10	2
3-4x RBC	11	50	3	21	48	5
5x or more RBC		25	22	1	5	17
Cell uniformity
Monomorphic	9			8	10	2
Mildly pleomorphic	7	45		20	48	5
Pleomorphic		30	25	1	5	17
Nucleoli
Indistinct/small	12	19		14	20	3
Noticeable	4	51	14	13	39	8
Abnormal		5	11	2	4	13
Nuclear margin
Smooth	8			8	10	2
Slightly irregular/folds and grooves	8	67	19	20	50	9
Buds and clefts		8	6	1	3	13
Chromatin pattern
Vesicular	9	3		10	12	2
Granular	7	70	20	19	48	7
Clumping and clearing		2	5		3	15
Total cases	16	75	25	29	63	24